Sentence examples for one plebiscite from inspiring English sources

In only one plebiscite did the majority - 53% - vote in the mine's favour.

The Australian Republican Movement believes there should be two plebiscites, one on the "yes, no" proposition of whether Australians want the country to become a republic and then, after a lengthy public debate, another plebiscite on the preferred model.

He said in the recordings that American efforts to remove him began in 2005 when Washington pressed him to allow at least token rivals to run for president against him instead of holding a one-candidate plebiscite for another term in the office.

You could make a case for having plebiscites on certain issues – I could imagine somebody arguing for one on fox hunting, for example – but not on something as involved as the European Union.

Smith said he would abstain on the plebiscite bill, but if it came down to one vote he "would not be able to support [it]".

And perhaps one day a plebiscite of turkeys will vote for Christmas.

"Because no one on the government side has been very comprehensive and straight about the plebiscite.

The exercise was as meaningless as one of those plebiscites by which the cowed citizens of banana republics ratify whichever colonel or corporal has lately mounted a coup.

With so much grass roots infrastructure already in place, we will also be ready to win a plebiscite if one is held.

Villatora settled for a compromise to trial a plebiscite in one federal NSW metropolitan seat for the 2016 election, two seats for the following federal election, and three seats for the 2019 state election.

But nearly two-thirds of Australians do not want the federal government to provide funding for the "yes" and "no" campaigns in the lead-up to a same-sex marriage plebiscite, if one is held.